Skirt display device



May 30, 1950 G. A. SCHERQUiST SKIRT DISPLAY DEVICE Filed May 15, 1946 INVENTOR. 650/695 H. 50/52 015? Patented May 39, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT omce SKIRT DISPLAY DEVICE George A. Scherquist, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application May 13, 1946, Serial No. 669,415 3 Claims. (01. zza-ss) This invention relates to a garment hanger and particularly pertains to a skirt display device.

In retail clothing establishments where ladies ready-to-wear garments, such as skirts, are displayed and sold, it is desirable to maintain a selection of skirts in stock and to hang them so that they will not become mussed, may be displayed easily, and also may be easily placed upon a display hanger or removed therefrom. It is the principal object of the present invention, therefore, to provide a skirt display hanger which may form one of a set of hangers adapted to be mounted upon a wall or othervertical supporting member, and which hangers individually receive a skirt and hold it in a manner to pre-- vent it from becoming creased and permit it to be inspected from any angle.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a vertical supporting member upon which pivot brackets may be secured, each of said brack-a ets providing a vertical pivot for a horizontal swinging supporting arm, said supporting arms each being fitted with a pair of fingers yieldably held to be encircled by a skirt band and to engage the same in a manner to support a skirt.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the application of the present invention and indicating a skirt in dotted lines as supported by one of the hangers.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in vertical section and elevation showing the preferred form of the present invention and the details of its construction, the view having parts broken away for the sake of convenience.

Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section and elevation showing another form of the invention with "spaced from each other and are formed with aligned openings l6 through which a vertical pivot pin extends.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing the vertical pivot pin carries an enlarged-head structure I 8 at its upper end, thus providing a shoulder |9 which rests upon the upper face of the leg Hi. The head I8 is formed with a horizontal bore 20 into 2 which a tubular supporting arm 2| is fitted. This arm extendshorizontally and is here shown as being secured in position by. a pin 22 whichextends transversely through the arm 2| and the head l8. It will be seen that the arm 2| is thus free to swing horizontally upon the axis ofthe pivot pin Mounted upon the outer free end of the arm 2| is a skirt supporting element 23 which comprises a head26 formed integrally with a. downwardly projecting finger 25. Formedin the head 26 is a bore 24 which receives. the outer free .end of the tubular arm 2| and is connected therewith by a fastening pin 21. Attention is directed to the fact that the longitudinal axis of ..rod 28 abuts against this stop rod and limits the that a skirt supported thereby may be viewed and inspected from any angle,

the bore 24 is at an angle to the longitudinal center of the finger 25 sothat the finger 25 extends downwardly and outwardly. Mounted within the tubular arm 2| is a guide rod 28 which slides longitudinally of the tubular member 2|. Interposed between the outer end of theguide rod 28 and the fastening pin 21 is a spring 29. This spring tends to force the guide rod 28 in the direction of the arrow a, as indicated in Fig. 2. Extending longitudinally of the lower face of the tubular supporting arm 2| is a longitudinal slot 3|] which is formed through the wall of the tubular member 2|. The slot 3|] is provided to accommodate the upper end of a skirt supporting member 3|. This member has a finger portion 32 similar to the finger portion 25 of the skirt supporting member 23. This finger extends downwardly and at an angle opposite to that of the member 25. Thus, the fingers 25 and 32 flare oppositely and outwardly so that when they are encircled by the waist-band and upper portion of a skirt th will tend to hold the skirt in place thereon. The upper end of the skirt supporting member 3| has a fiat extension 33 of reduced width. This extension projects through the longitudinal slot 30 in the arm 2| and also into a transverse slot formed in the end of the rod 28.

Thus the skirt supporting member 3| is fixed to I move with the rod 28. Disposed within the tubular supporting member 2| and resting against the fastening pin 22 is a stop rod 34. The end of the movement of the skirt supporting member 3| with relation to the bracket II. This insures that the supporting arm 2| may have a, desired .arcuate movement around the axis of the pivot pin, [1 so In'the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3

of the drawing a modified construction is provided although the principle is substantially the same as previously described. The fundamental difference is that the skirt supporting members in the structure shown in Fig. 3 are moved apart by spring tension whereas in the structure of Fig. 2 this movement was produced by spring expansion. In Fig. 3 of the drawing a horizontal supporting arm 35 is provided. This arm is tubular and fits upon a horizontal leg 36 of a pivot member 37. A vertical leg 38 of the pivot member 31 extends through the opening it in the sup-; porting bracket ll. "Fixed upon the outer end of the supporting arm 35 is a sleeve 3%) which carries a downwardly extending skirt supporting finger it. The outer face of this fingerinclined as previously described i'or finger 25. The tubular supporting arm 35 is formed with a longitudinal slot M in its lower face. 'Ifihis slot accommodates a skirt supporting member 42 which extends through the slot and is carried by a tubular rod is. The tubular rod 43 slide within the supporting member and receives .a :tension spring which is secured atone end to a pin and at its'opposite end :to a .pin it. The pin 4o is fixed to the supporting .member .iliiand the pin 4'6 is fixed to :the outer end or the tubular rod 43. Thus, when the skirtssupportmg member '42 moved toward the skirt supporting member in] the spring at will be placed'under tension.

operation or the .present invention one -or snore or the skirt supporting and display units maybe mounted upon the support lo. 11' a pmraiity of the units is required they are spaced arequired distance irom each other so that they may be easily swung to disclose the skirtsfrom ail angles. When-a skirt is to be appiiedto one of the hangers the skirt supporting members 3| or 32 are moved toward the supporting members 23 r 40 until the finger portions of these members may be inserted within the waist-band of the skirt, after which the supporting members 3-1 or t2 are released so that the springs 29 or 45 will act to spread the complementary skirt supporting elements until they have drawn the skirt band/taut. It is to be understood that the skirt band has previously been fastened so that when it is drawn taut by 'the' supporting elements the skirt will be held on the oppositely inclined fingers of the supporting elements. This insures that the skirt will be supported so that it will not be wrinkled, and so that it may be displayed to the best advantage when inspected by a customer.

It to "be understood that while the outer skir-tsupportin member is here shown as being fixed that the invention is not limited to this construction but involves the use of a pair of supporting members tending to have relative V movement with each other.

It will thus be seen that the structure here disclosed is simple in construction and operation, I

that it provides means whereby a skirt maybe easily engaged to be supported and displayed, and may be removed conveniently from the support when desired.

' While I have shown the preferred form of my invention as now known to me, it will be understood that various changes may be made in com- ;bination, construction and arrangement of parts by'those skilled in the art, without departing iron; the spirit of my invention as claimed.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I .claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: ;1,, A skirt display and supporting device c.ozn-

slot and bein complementary to the fixed skirt supporting element, a *slidabie guide 'rod within said arm and to which said movable skirt supporting element is secured, and a spring enclosed within .said tubular arm and acting to urge the movable skirt supporting element away from the fixed skirt supporting element.

2. ,Askirt display and supporting device comprising a, mounting bracket adapted to be posiztione'd upon a vertical support, a pivot pin carried by said bracket for rotation around its vertical :axis, a rigid tubular 'arm :carried by the pivot ;pin to swing in a horizontal plane and having {a longitudinal :slot in its lower .side, a fixed skirt supporting member mounted :at the free end of :saidar-m, a movable skirt supporting element extending downwardly through said slot :and being complementary to the fixed skirt supporting element, a slidable guide rod within said arm and to which said movable :skirt supporting element/is secured, and a spring enclosed within said tubular arm and acting to :urge the movable skirtsupporting element away from the fixed skirt supporting element, said :skirt supporting members extending downwardly and oppositely 'f-romeachaother at equal angles to the vertical.

.3. .A skirt display :and supporting device comprising a mounting bracket having :upper and lower aligned bearing portions, a pivot pin extending vertically .through said bearin portions and being rotatable, said pin having an enlarged head at its :upper .end providing .a supporting shoulder resting upon the upper oneof said bearing portions, a tubular arm rigidlyconnected at one end :to said head portion and adapted to swing horizontally around the vertical axis of said pin, a downwardly extending skirt supporting member fixed on the free end of said tubular member, a longitudinally extendin slotted passageway formed in the lower side of said tubular member, a movable .skirlt supporting member extending downwardly through said passageway, a longitudinally extending cylindrical guide rod disposed within said tubular member and to which said last named supporting member is :attached, said guide rod being free .to move longitudinally, and a spring disposed within said tubular member and tending to urge the movable skirt supporting member away from the fixed supporting member.

GEORGE A. SCHERQUIS'I.

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